Storage Switches ( Storage Directors and SAN Switches) Definition

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Storage Switches

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ALSO CALLED: Storage Directors and SAN Switches
DEFINITION: Devices that route data between servers and disk arrays in a storage area network (SAN).

Recent Vendor Reports on Storage Switches
Lesson One: Building a SAN sponsored by SearchStorage.com PODCAST: Posted: 25 Apr 2008 \| Premiered: 25 Apr 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT) SUMMARY: In this first lesson of Advanced SAN School, Stephen Foskett, Director of Data Practice for Contoural discusses the different types of storage arrays, switches, and software that make up a storage network. TOPICS: Fibre Channel \| IP \| NAS \| RAID \| SAN \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Software \| Storage Switches

Advanced SAN School Lesson Two: SAN Architecture and Topology sponsored by SearchStorage.com PODCAST: Posted: 25 Apr 2008 \| Premiered: 25 Apr 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT) SUMMARY: In lesson two, Stephen discusses the evolution of SANs from standalone entities, to islands and beyond. Discover techniques that can make a substantial difference in the way data is moved and processed, as well as in your company's consolidation plans. TOPICS: SAN \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Switches

Evolution of SAS sponsored by PMC-Sierra, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Posted: 07 Sep 2007 \| Published: 01 Apr 2007 SUMMARY: Serial attached SCSI (SAS) provides a scalable point-to-point topology capable of addressing storage connectivity at many levels. Read this white paper to learn how SAS is entering its second generation and how its level of value is rapidly gro... TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Continuous Data Protection \| DAS \| Data Management \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Hard Disk Drives \| iSCSI SAN \| SCSI Devices \| Serial ATA \| Storage Switches \| Tiered Storage

SearchStorage.com SAN InfoCenter sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Posted: 25 May 2007 \| Published: 01 May 2007 SUMMARY: Are you considering a SAN solution, looking to upgrade your SAN, or need expert advice on SAN management? Explore SearchStorage.com's SAN InfoCenter to find answers to all your questions regarding SANs and all of their components. TOPICS: Data Migration \| Fibre Channel SAN \| IP SAN \| iSCSI SAN \| LAN \| RAID \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Management Software \| Storage Security \| Storage Switches \| Storage Virtualization \| WAN

Storage Managers in Control sponsored by Storage Magazine JOURNAL ARTICLE: Posted: 18 May 2007 \| Published: 01 May 2007 SUMMARY: There may be a slight respite for storage managers who have spent the last few years trying to keep up with runaway storage growth, according to the results of Storage magazine's spring 2007 Purchasing Intentions Survey. TOPICS: Disk Storage Systems \| iSCSI SAN \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Industry \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Security \| Storage Spending \| Storage Switches \| Surveys \| Tape Libraries \| Tiered Storage

Unsnarl Port Traffic sponsored by Storage Magazine JOURNAL ARTICLE: Posted: 12 Apr 2007 \| Published: 01 Apr 2007 SUMMARY: You'll need to juggle the right number of ports on your switches and arrays to maximize performance and reduce the management complexity of your applications. TOPICS: Host Adapters \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Switches \| Storage Systems

SAN Consolidation Strategies sponsored by Storage Magazine JOURNAL ARTICLE: Posted: 12 Dec 2006 \| Published: 01 Dec 2006 SUMMARY: Following sound SAN design strategies allows you to reduce the number of SAN islands, strengthen your primary SAN, make storage easier to manage and provide more data protection. TOPICS: Data Migration \| SAN \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Switches \| Storage Systems \| Tiered Storage

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